Our Practice

The Latin America Practice combines the firm’s stellar experience guiding clients through their most complex matters under the leadership of one of the region’s foremost M&A practitioners.

It provides comprehensive, corporate advice on cross-border deals, restructurings, major litigation disputes and multi-regulator enforcement proceedings in the region. Our clients include private equity sponsors, public and private companies, investment banks, institutional investors and other market participants focused on or based in Latin America.

Corporate Transactions

The Latin America practice seamlessly handles both inbound and outbound M&A matters, leveraging our deep knowledge of the Latin American business and legal landscape. A high level of partner involvement ensures our Latin America-focused clients receive sophisticated, timely and practical guidance at every stage of the transaction, while drawing on the unmatched experience and bench strength of the firm’s global M&A practice.

The firm advises on a diverse array of high-profile, complex transactions spanning numerous industries, including:

• Mergers and acquisitions, including public and private company deals and private equity transactions
• Capital markets transactions, including equity, debt and hybrid securities offerings and private placements
• Financing, including leveraged buyouts, structured products and securitizations and derivatives
• Project finance and infrastructure development

Our ability to partner seamlessly with clients is enhanced by our long-standing relationships with the leading local law firms in each jurisdiction, ensuring comprehensive legal advice tailored to the nuances of each jurisdiction involved.

In addition to our broad range of corporate expertise, we also advise clients in other key areas, including:

Disputes and Cross-Border Regulatory Enforcement Defense

Members of our renowned Litigation Department provide critical, comprehensive guidance to Latin American clients on sensitive cross-border enforcement matters, including those related to U.S. regulatory scrutiny; represent them in high-stakes commercial disputes involving U.S. state and federal courts and international arbitral institutions; and advise on compliance with U.S. and global regulatory regimes.

Restructuring

With one of the most renowned and sought-after Restructuring groups in the nation, the firm has long guided leading Latin American companies and linchpin noteholder groups through significant chapter 11 and 15 restructurings, cross-border receivership proceedings, debtor financings and refinancings, and debt recapitalizations.